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<p>True it also is that under <del>t</del> authority of the<lb/>House a sort of journal is published of its votes.<lb/>which every body may buy. But these votes are<lb/>the mere votes and nothing else without the shadow<lb/>of a reason.<lb/></p> <p>True it also is that accounts of the debates<lb/>themselves are published pretty regularly in<lb/>the newspaper: and that the conductors of these<lb/>papers do some of them [find means <add><del>pretty</del> very frequently <del>regular</del></add> as it happens<lb/>to] gain admittance along with other strangers.<lb/>How fallacious are these accounts given by<lb/>these strolling <add>itinerant</add> regulars, these traders in party <del>in</del><lb/>scandal, I need not undertake to say. But suppose<lb/>them as well inclined as with a very few<lb/>exceptions they are commonly ill inclined to be<lb/>correct, would they be <sic>allow'd</sic> to be so? Oh, by no <lb/>means: so sure as a <del>man</del> stranger attempts to commit<lb/>a syllable to writing so sure is he to be turned<lb/>out of the house.<lb/></p>It is pleasant after this to <del>hear</del> <add>see</add> a<lb/>member get up in the house <del>and</del> as you may do<lb/>any day and complain of misrepresentation, and<lb/>perhaps threaten <add>talk of</add> prosecution. The answer to all such<lb/>complaints is very simple. "Sir, if you have indeed <lb/>been misrepresented as you say you have, it<lb/> <note>is</note> | |||
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Indirect
Misrule
Parliament shut
True it also is that under t authority of the
House a sort of journal is published of its votes.
which every body may buy. But these votes are
the mere votes and nothing else without the shadow
of a reason.
True it also is that accounts of the debates
themselves are published pretty regularly in
the newspaper: and that the conductors of these
papers do some of them [find means pretty very frequently regular as it happens
to] gain admittance along with other strangers.
How fallacious are these accounts given by
these strolling itinerant regulars, these traders in party in
scandal, I need not undertake to say. But suppose
them as well inclined as with a very few
exceptions they are commonly ill inclined to be
correct, would they be allow'd to be so? Oh, by no
means: so sure as a man stranger attempts to commit
a syllable to writing so sure is he to be turned
out of the house.
It is pleasant after this to hear see a
member get up in the house and as you may do
any day and complain of misrepresentation, and
perhaps threaten talk of prosecution. The answer to all such
complaints is very simple. "Sir, if you have indeed
been misrepresented as you say you have, it
is
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